Justifying Collection Budgets: Indexing Materials Costs.

Dannelly, Gay N.

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ERIC Number: EJ479748

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Publication Date: 1993

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Justifying Collection Budgets: Indexing Materials Costs.

Dannelly, Gay N.

Journal of Library Administration, v19 n2 p75-88 1993

Discusses the increased costs of library materials, the need for a new budgeting approach, and the impact of technology. The development of a library materials index that was developed at Ohio State University to provide a consistent source for measuring library materials expenditures against the marketplace is described. (Contains 14 references.) (LRW)

Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Budgeting, Cost Indexes, Costs, Higher Education, Library Automation, Library Collection Development, Library Expenditures, Library Materials, Tables (Data)

Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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